Keith Douglas (1920 - 1944)

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Keith Douglas (January 24, 1920 - June 9, 1944), was an English poet of World War II. He was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and educated at Christ's Hospital and at the University of Oxford. He had a difficult childhood, his father deserting the family when Douglas was at preparatory school and his mother unwell for long periods. In one of his letters written in 1940 he looks back on his childhood: 'I lived alone during the most fluid and formative years of my life, and during that time I liv.. Continue..

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Vergissmeinnicht

How To Kill

Villanelle Of Spring Bells

Cairo Jag

The Knife

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